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Format

Get the formatted date according to the string of tokens passed in.

To escape characters, wrap them in square brackets (e.g. [MM]).

dayjs().format() 
// current date in ISO8601, without fraction seconds e.g. '2020-04-02T08:02:17-05:00'

dayjs('2019-01-25').format('[YYYYescape] YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ[Z]') 
// 'YYYYescape 2019-01-25T00:00:00-02:00Z'

dayjs('2019-01-25').format('DD/MM/YYYY') // '25/01/2019'

List of all available formats

FormatOutputDescription
YY18Two-digit year
YYYY2018Four-digit year
M1-12The month, beginning at 1
MM01-12The month, 2-digits
MMMJan-DecThe abbreviated month name
MMMMJanuary-DecemberThe full month name
D1-31The day of the month
DD01-31The day of the month, 2-digits
d0-6The day of the week, with Sunday as 0
ddSu-SaThe min name of the day of the week
dddSun-SatThe short name of the day of the week
ddddSunday-SaturdayThe name of the day of the week
H0-23The hour
HH00-23The hour, 2-digits
h1-12The hour, 12-hour clock
hh01-12The hour, 12-hour clock, 2-digits
m0-59The minute
mm00-59The minute, 2-digits
s0-59The second
ss00-59The second, 2-digits
SSS000-999The millisecond, 3-digits
Z+05:00The offset from UTC, ±HH:mm
ZZ+0500The offset from UTC, ±HHmm
AAM PM
aam pm
......Other formats ( dependent AdvancedFormat plugin )

Localized formats

Because preferred formatting differs based on locale, there are a few localized format tokens that can be used based on its locale.

This requires the LocalizedFormat plugin to work 

dayjs.extend(LocalizedFormat)
dayjs().format('L LT')

List of localized formats

FormatEnglish LocaleSample Output
LTh:mm A8:02 PM
LTSh:mm:ss A8:02:18 PM
LMM/DD/YYYY08/16/2018
LLMMMM D, YYYYAugust 16, 2018
LLLMMMM D, YYYY h:mm AAugust 16, 2018 8:02 PM
LLLLdddd, MMMM D, YYYY h:mm AThursday, August 16, 2018 8:02 PM
lM/D/YYYY8/16/2018
llMMM D, YYYYAug 16, 2018
lllMMM D, YYYY h:mm AAug 16, 2018 8:02 PM
llllddd, MMM D, YYYY h:mm AThu, Aug 16, 2018 8:02 PM
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